Asian gangs are alleged to be behind soaring organised crime in Fiji and Pacific

Organised Asian crime gangs operating in Fiji and the Pacific are being blamed for soaring rates of tax avoidance, people smuggling and the creation of falso documents.

The Sunday Times reports that this has been revealed by the coordinator of the Suva-based Pacific Transnational Crime Centre, Inspector Tita Tapueluelu.

The Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority says it is losing up to 15-million US dollars a year through tax avoidance and has attributed 6-million of this to Asian crime syndicates manipulating the tax laws.